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Where is Seattle?

Pacific coast in northwestern Washington state.

Seattle, founded on1869 65438+February 2, was named after Chief Seattle. The city is located on the Pacific coast in the northwest of Washington State, between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, with the Olympic Mountain in the west and Lake Washington in the east, close to Canada and the United States.

Seattle is located at the northernmost part of the west coast of the United States, close to Vancouver, Canada, and west of the Pacific Ocean. Influenced by the northward warm current of the Pacific Ocean, the temperate maritime climate here is cool in summer and warm in winter, with abundant rainfall and humid seasons. Houston is located in the southern United States, facing the Gulf of Mexico. It belongs to subtropical monsoon climate, which is hot and rainy in summer and cool and dry in winter. Tropical storms and hurricanes generated in the Atlantic Ocean in summer have a great influence on it.